Kayla Lucas is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a graduate of North Park University where she received her Masters in Counseling Psychology. Kayla specializes in working with adults, couples, and individuals who have experienced trauma. Kayla focuses on helping clients navigate relationship trauma, improve communication, and foster emotional resilience. Kayla uses psychodynamic therapy to explore how unconscious thoughts, feelings, and past experiences influence current behavior and relationships. She believes that trauma does not define one’s life but through communication and community it is possible to heal all wounds. She does this by providing a safe, non judgmental space for exploration and healing. Utilizing evidence based approaches, she empowers clients to confront their struggles, build healthy relationships, and find balance in their lives. Kayla has worked in a hospital setting giving her the experience of more severe trauma as well as private practice serving clients who need to cope with everyday life stressors. Kayla utilizes her clinical experience and research done abroad, to walk alongside clients on their journey to not only effectively draw closer towards others, but closer towards themselves.